Bravo to debut 'Tim Gunn's Guide to Style's second season October 2

By Christopher Rocchio, 08/14/2008

Bravo has announced Tim Gunn's Guide to Style's second season, which will continue to follow the Project Runway fashion guru as he helps hapless fashion dilemmas transform into stylish individuals, will premiere Thursday, October 2 at 11PM ET/PT.

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Following its premiere,Tim Gunn's Guide to Style will then move to its regular Thursdays at 10PM ET/PT timeslot beginning October 16.

Each Tim Gunn's Guide to Style episode features Gunn using a series of tools and pointers to help regular women find their personal style and make a complete fashion transformations.

At the conclusion of each episode, Gunn will call on his friends from the fashion industry to put their finishing touches on the women and complete the makeovers.

Replacing Tim Gunn's Guide to Stylefirst-season host Veronica Webb will be fashion expert and personal stylist Gretta Monahan -- a change that Bravo had hinted at when it failed to mention Webb in its April programming announcement that included the show's formal second-season renewal.

"I am absolutely crazy about Gretta and together she and I want every woman to achieve her perfect signature look," said Gunn. "It takes hard work and commitment to look good, but it should also be fun -- our hope is that we'll inspire women everywhere to put their best foot forward and with cute shoes, too!"

"For years, I've been styling a range of clients from real women to red carpet celebrities both on and off-camera and in my experience, I have never encountered a show like this, which proves style is not superficial," added Monahan.

"Guide To Style is about complete transformations from the inside out. It requires hard work, total honesty and 100% commitment from the participants throughout the entire makeover process."

In addition, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style's second season will be the third Bravo reality series to air in high-definition format -- following in the footsteps of Shear Genius' currently airing second season and Top Design's upcoming second season.

Tim Gunn's Guide to Style is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment, with Scott A. Stone and Sarah-Jane Cohen serving as executive producers.